Luigi looked on as Mario, Peach, Daisy and Toad stood in front of a memorial statue, resembling himself. The memorial was decorated with gold coins and flowers, gifts to the dearly departed. Both Toad and Daisy were overcome with grief, crying non-stop.

Princess Peach supported Daisy, trying to comfort her; her own eyes were red from crying, trying to restrain her sadness. Mario stood motionless in front of the statue, instead not looking at it, but staring into the distance, a blank expression on his face. It seemed as though a part of him died along with Luigi, and now broken and unsure, all he could do was try and figure out what was happening, or what to do next. To Luigi the world seemed darker, the colour of the environment dulled. He did not know what was happening, or what his brother and friends were doing.

He looked down at himself and was terrified. His body was barely there, his feet never touching the ground. "Mario! Princess Peach! Toad! Daisy?" he tried to call out, but they didn't turn. It seemed they didn't hear him, or simply didn't notice him. He was dismayed. Why were they ignoring him? What was going on? Suddenly he heard chattering behind him, then a cackling that made him stop. He looked behind him to see a crowd of boos, with King Boo at the front.

They hovered in the air, staring at him. What struck him as strange was their appearance. Instead of their tongues hanging out and their teeth bared as they usually would, their mouths were closed, and were smiling. This unnerved him greatly, and he was so convinced that they were going to capture him that he turned back to his friends. He looked at Mario, who was still standing in front of the memorial, ignorant of what was going on.

Mario had always been there for him, had always been there by his side. He would know what to do, he always did. And now Luigi needed him more than ever. "Mario!" he cried, waving his arms, "the boos are here!"

He tried to run toward him, but he found he couldn't move, "Mario! help me!"

But it was no use. Even his brother couldn't hear anything but the bawling of his friends and the faint cool breeze. Luigi felt a cold hand on his shoulder and he spun around, shaking.

King Boo stared at him for a moment in silence. Then he spoke up, and Luigi was surprised to find he could understand him. "We've been waiting for you Luigi," King Boo said in a hissy whisper, "it's time to come with us." Luigi was confused. How could he understand King Boo without a Boo mushroom? It had been a while since he had one. He looked around at the boos closing in in anticipation of another newcomer. The ghosts who were rumoured to have once been alive, with personalities and dreams, the ghosts who lost their identities and all became the same, forever causing mischief and torment to everyone else.

Then an idea came to Luigi and horrified him. It all came together and he faintly remembered a mission, an accident, pain, a scream, and then nothing. But even that was fading away from his mind as the ghosts all began to surround him, save King Boo, who stayed where he was, watching. Luigi turned to Mario in a desperate panic, "Mario!" he pleaded, "help me! Please, help me! Save me!"

To his joy Mario finally, and slowly, lifted his head and looked in his direction. His eyes were dull and lifeless, but to Luigi they burned like white fire, his life piercing through his eyes and freezing Luigi like stone. Luigi's eyes seemed to turn small and black from the horrible exposure, and he brought his hands up to cover them as the boos pulled him away.